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What did Robert Hooke discover or develop?

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Cell Theory: all living things are composed of cells

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What did Anton van Leeuwenhoek discover or develop?

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microscopes
- animalcule
- spontaneous generation

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What did Francesco Redi discover or develop?

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Maggots come from fly eggs not spontaneous generation

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What did John Needham discover or develop?

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Microbes develop from liquid to prove spontaneous generation

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What did Lazzaro Spallanzani discover or develop?

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life only appears when it’s exposed to air

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What did Rudolf Virchow discover or develop?

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biogenesis: life arises only from pre-existing life

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What did Louis Pasteur discover or develop?

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Aseptic Technique: preventing contamination
- fermentation
- pasteurization
- germ theory: microorganisms cause disease
- first vaccines for rabies and anthrax

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What did Robert Koch discover or develop?

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established link between specific microbes and specific diseases

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What is Paul Ehrlich discover or develop?

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Salvarsan
- first synthetic antimicrobial drug

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What did Alexander Fleming discover or develop?

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penicillin from mold Penicillium notatum
- first true antibiotic

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What did Selman Waksman discover or develop?

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discovered streptomycin
- first antibiotic against tuberculosis

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What did James Watson and Francis Crick discover?

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double-helix structure of DNA
- genetic engineering

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What are the different microbiomes and their examples?

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1) Normal microbiota: no harm
- bacteria in the gut, skin flora
2) Transient microbiota: temporary harm
- bacteria picked from environment and contaminated surfaces
3) Pathogenic microbiota: can cause disease
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Escherichia coli

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What are the types of microbiomes?

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  • prokaryotes
  • bacteria
  • archaea
  • eukaryotes
  • fungi
  • protozoa
    -algae
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What are the ecological roles of microbiomes?

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  • photosynthesis
  • decomposers of organic waste
  • nitrogen fixation
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How are microbiomes used in everyday life?

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  • fermented foods
  • cheese
  • waste treatment
  • bioremediation
  • soil health
  • biopesticides
  • antibiotics production
  • probiotics
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What is valence, and how does it correspond with chemical bonds?

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combining capacity of an atom or a molecule
- number of empty spaces is how many bonds the atom can form

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What are the different chemical bonds?

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  • ionic bond
  • covalent bond
  • hydrogen bond
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What are the different chemical reactions?

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  • synthesis reaction
  • decomposition reaction
  • dehydration synthesis: combining molecules by releasing water
  • hydrolysis: breaking a large molecule with water
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What are inorganic compounds?

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small molecules that don’t have carbon and hydrogen
- small, simple molecules

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What are common examples of inorganic compounds?

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  • water
  • oxygen
  • salts
  • acids/bases
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What is water’s purpose in and outside of a cell?

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Inside:
- chemical reactions
- facilitates splitting and rejoining of H+ and OH-
Outside:
- dissolves nutrients and facilitates passageways in and out of cell

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What is an organic compound?

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a molecule that contains both carbon and hydrogen

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What are the different types of organic compounds?

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  • carbohydrates
  • proteins
  • lipids
  • nucleic acids
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What is the function of carbohydrates?
- monosaccharides: quick energy source for living cells - disaccharides: structural component for bacterial cell walls - polysaccharides: long-term energy source, and structural component for plant cell walls
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What is the function of proteins?
cell structure and function - transporter protein - enzymes - antibodies - bacterial toxins
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What are the functions of lipids?
- simple: alternative source of energy when carbohydrates aren't available - complex: structure and regulation of transport - steroids: reduce inflammation
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What is the function of nucleic acids?
genetic information
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What are each of the organic compounds building blocks?
- carbohydrates: monosaccharides - proteins: amino acids - lipids: simple lipids - nucleic acids: nucleotides
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What are the three domains?
- bacteria - archaea - eukarya
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What are the main differences between the 3 domains?
- bacteria: simple single-cell organisms - archaea: can live in extreme environments - eukarya: cells with DNA inside a separate nucleus
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What is the theory of the origin of eukaryotes?
endosymbiotic theory: plasma membrane of a prokaryote folded inward to form complex internal structures
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What are the different methods of scientific nomenclature?
Binomial nomenclature - Genus and Specific epithet - Genus capitalized; species lowercase - Italicized or underlined - Enterococcus faecalis
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Provide details for classification of prokaryotes.
- population of cells with similar characteristics - culture: grown in lab media - clone: derived from a single parent cell - strain: genetically different cells within a clone
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Provide details for the classification of eukaryotes.
- protista: a catchall kingdom for a bunch of organisms; grouped into clades - fungi: chemoheterotrophic; uni/multicellular; cell walls of chitin; develop from spores or hyphal fragments - plantae: multicellular; cellulose cell walls; photosynthesis - animalia: multicellular; no cell walls; chemoheterotrophic
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Provide details for the classification of viruses.
- unique entities that are not classified within any of the biological domains - requires a host cell
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How can microorganisms be identified?
- classification - identification - Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names - morphological characteristics - differential staining - transport media - biochemical tests
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What is the purpose of classification data?
to organize and group microorganisms based on their shared characteristics
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What are the different morphologies of prokaryotes?
- bacillus, coccus, spiral, star-shaped, rectangular - diplo, staphyl, strepto, tetrads, sarcinae
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What is the anatomy of prokaryotes and their key functions?
- no nucleus - simple structure - single-celled - asexually reproduction - diverse habitats
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What are the methods for testing the anatomy of prokaryotes?
gram stain - cell walls (peptidoglycan) - gram-negative: thin peptidoglycan - gram-positive: thick peptidoglycan Acid-fast test - waxy lipid bound to peptidoglycan - mycoplasmas
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What are the types of movement across membranes?
Passive processes - simple diffusion - facilitated diffusion - osmosis Active processes - uniport - antiport - symport
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How do prokaryotic cells differ from eukaryotic cells?
prokaryotes: - one circular chromosome, in a membrane - no histones - no organelles - bacteria with peptidoglycan cell walls - archaea with pseudomurein cell walls - division by binary fission eukaryotes: - paired chromosomes in nuclear membrane - histones - organelles - polysaccharide cell walls when present - division by mitosis
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What are some similarities between prokaryotes and eukaryotes?
both have: - cell membrane - cytoplasm - ribosomes - DNA
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What are the physical and chemical requirements for microbial growth?
physical: - temperature - pH - osmotic pressure chemical: - carbon - nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorous - trace elements - oxygen - organic growth factors
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How are microbes classified based on physical requirements?
- temperature they grow in - environments they live in
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How are chemical requirements symbiotic for prokaryotes and eukaryotes?
prokaryotes produce essential molecules that eukaryotes can't make themselves - eukaryotes have the proper environment and necessary nutrients for the prokaryotes to thrive
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What are biofilms?
microbial community - forms slime or hydrogels that adhere to surfaces - shares nutrients - protects bacteria from harmful environmental factors
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What is the purpose of aseptic techniques?
prevents contamination
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How is aseptic technique associated with pure cultures?
nothing else came in except for what we put in
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How do bacteria replicate?
binary fission - cell elongates and DNA is replicated - plasma membrane constricts and new wall is made - cross-wall forms to completely separate 2 DNA copies - cells separate
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What are the classifications and applications of bacteriological growth media?
- culture media: agar plate - chemically defined media: exact chemical composition is known - complex media: extracts and digests yeasts, meat or plants - anaerobic growth media: used for anaerobic bacteria using chemicals that have O2
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What are the methods for collecting microbial growth data?
- plate count - filtration - most probable number method - direct microscopic count - turbidity - metabolic activity - dry weight
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How do you read bacterial and viral growth curves?
- lag phase: no growth - log phase: increase in graph - stationary phase: plateau - death phase: decrease in graph
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What are the structural components of a typical virus? What are their key functions?
- nucleic acid: virus DNA - capsid: protects nucleic acid - envelope: coating on some viruses - spikes: attaches to host cell for identification
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What is the morphology of a virus?
shape and structure - arrangement of capsid - helical or icosahedral - envelope? spikes?
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What are the major families and classes of viruses?
-viridae: family -virus: genus
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What must happen for multiplication of bacteriophages and animal viruses to occur?
must invade a host cell and take over the host's metabolic machinery
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What is the lytic cycle?
1) attachment: phage attaches by the tail fibers to host cell 2) penetration: phage lysozyme opens the cell wall and tail sheath contracts to force tail core and DNA into the cell 3) Biosynthesis: phage DNA and proteins are made 4) Maturation: assembly of phage particles 5) Release: phage lysozyme breaks cell wall
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What is the lysogenic cycle?
after penetration from lytic cycle and the phage DNA forms a circle - the circle can recombine with and become part of the circular bacterial DNA and inserted phage DNA - replication of the prophage and it suppresses the gene
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What are the benefits of viruses?
can treat cancer can be a vaccine can diagnose infections
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What are retroviruses?
viral RNA is transcribed to DNA using reverse transcriptase and can integrate into host DNA
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What are the two viral infections?
- latent: remains in asymptomatic for long time and can reactive - persistent: occurs gradually over a long time

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